Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Sedge or Rush
Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
World/Pandemic, North America, Europe, Russia/Siberia, Africa, Asia
Types
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
austrocalifornicus , effusus , laxus , pacificus , solutus
Number of Varieties
75
0
40000
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Habitat
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
All sorts of environments, Banks, ditches, marshes, Shores of rivers or lakes
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-116-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 9
9-6
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H1, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
2.50 cm45.70 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm61.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green, Light Green
Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green, Gold
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Gold, Tan
Green, Tan, Sandy Brown
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Long hair-like leaves
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Very Slow
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
-
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
Divison, reseeds
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
weekly regular
Does not require regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune to control growth, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Army-worms, sod webworms
-
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Crickets
Bumblebees, Flying insects
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
Informal Hedge, Woodland margins
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
-
Other Uses
Used as a golf course turf
woven into the covering of tatami mats
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
Bog Garden, Container, Mixed Border, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
JUNCUS effusus
Common Name
Korean Velvet Grass
Soft Rush
In Hindi
कोरियाई मखमल घास
Soft Rush
In German
Korean Samt Gras
Soft Rush
In French
herbe de velours coréenne
Soft Rush
In Spanish
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
Soft Rush
In Greek
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
Soft Rush
In Portuguese
grama de veludo coreano
Soft Rush
In Polish
-
Soft Rush
In Latin
Carl herba
Soft Rush
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Magnoliophyta
Class
Monocotyledonae
Liliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Juncaceae
Genus
Zoysia Willd
Juncus
Clade
Commelinids
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Cynodonteae
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Subfamily
Chloridoideae
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Number of Species
3400
1
27800
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